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Saturday, January 28
England FA Cup, Liverpool-Manchester United (7:30amET FSC): The most heated of
English rivalries?
African Cup, Ghana-Mali (2pmET Al Jazeera Sports USA)
Italy, Juventus-Udinese (2:30pmET FSC, ESPN3.
Fox Soccer has been promoting this Sunday Premier League games as "Epic Sunday,'' for once this is
not over hype. The doubleheader of Manchester City vs. Spurs and Manchester United vs. Arsenal will
go a long way toward telling us who will be lifting the trophy in May.
A City win in the early game and a Arsenal win in the late game could all but end the title race.
The recent release of the designs for the new Philadelphia Union home and away kits got me
thinking about the evolution of the kit designs of other teams in Philadelphia soccer history.
Today, the regular release of new jerseys is an important part of the marketing of a professional
team, not to mention a lucrative source of revenue.
Time to start the annual end of the year process of lists. Over the next couple of weeks we'll
review end of the year of posts and some of the top business stories of the year. We thought it
makes sense to start by looking back a year to the end of 2010 at some of the top business stories
from that year.
The MLS Cup Playoffs are under way with New York the first team to advance out of the newly
minted Wildcard round. The first playoff match was televised on FSC. However, with the
Colorado/Columbus match not scheduled to be televised nationally, MLS smartly made the match
available to all fans via the website.
Hello all, to either tomorrow's or later today's, depending where you live, Carling Cup tie
between Arsenal and Bolton. Don't forget to catch Homey's Preview. Broadcasting info is shaky, the
only tv station that carries CC games in the US, FSC, is showing Aldershot-Manches16er United.
Hopefully a stream will be available.
Just as a recap, the announced roster for this match against Honduras (Sat. 8th at 5pm CST on FSC
and Univision) and Ecuador (Mon. 11th at 6pm CST on ESPN2):GOALKEEPERS (3): Bill Hamid
(D.C.United), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)DEFENDERS (7): Carlos Bocanegra
(Rangers), Timmy Chandler (Nürnberg), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Oguchi Onyewu (Sporting
Lisbon), Michael
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More then a week ago, Fox tried something new and they were rewarded for it. After showing the
Manchester United vs. Chelsea game live on FSC, the network decided to show the game on their
regular Fox stations after the local NFL was over.
In Philly it was during the 1 p.m., while in other cities it was the 4 p.
Can Thierry Henry and the Red Bulls rebound against Portland? (Getty Images)
The weekend slate is finally here, it is Friday and that means it is Soccer Night In America.
Okay, I have to admit I have trouble typing that without a little bit of a laugh. For one that show
title will only last a year since FSC or Fox Soccer since MLS is moving to NBC next season.
This weekend should be a great one for football but in a less traditional way. There are no
Manchester United/Chelsea or Barcelona/Real Madrid matches going on but there are some matches in
other countries that might be considered the local equivalent at the moment. The three in
particular that I will have my eye on are Porto/Benfica on Friday, Shakhtar Donetsk/Dynamo Kyiv on
Saturday and Twente/Ajax, also on Saturday.
Unlike last weekend, this weekend is just chock full of potentially exciting matches all up and
down the schedule. In fact, Roma at Inter Milan and Bayern Munich at Schalke 04 are just a pair of
matches that highlight the list of matches that didn't even qualify for the Top Five Matches of the
Week list.
Fortunately, now that the strikes are over, we finally have a full slate of action in world
football, featuring the return of the Italian Serie A to the television stage. At this point, for
the first time in a long time, all of the major domestic leagues in the world are in action at the
same time.
It's an extremely light weekend on television this week in the United States, unless you count
ESPN3 (which isn't really television) because it's mostly international action and most of those
matches are going on at the same time (Friday, 2:45 EDT). Therefore, we are foregoing our Top Five
Matches of the Weekend until next week while we work on the Monthly International Rankings and
watch a little international football.
First it looked like the Spanish clubs weren't going to play, but now they are. And then it looked
like the Italian clubs were going to play, but not maybe they'll go on strike. It's really
difficult to tell what's going on from one day to another, but we're going ahead as if everybody is
playing this weekend because that's the way I like it.
I know a secondary Major League Soccer television package is not a big deal, but for NBC/Comcast it
shows that they are ready to get involved in all sports.
On Tuesday Major League Soccer announced games will be televised by NBC's networks starting next
season, doubling the number of homes that dozens of games will be available in.
NBC Replaces Fox Soccer As MLS's Main TV Partner
It's obviously too early to say just how huge this is for MLS, but it's clearly a step in the
right direction. Fox Soccer never treated MLS like a property they really wanted, and NBC seems
ready to really put some energy into making this work. It also can't be bad that NBC Sports Network
-- which is currently called Versus -- is more widely available than FSC, and usually does not
require a special subscription.
MLS officially signs broadcast deal with NBC, FSC OUT!
Amazing news coming out of MLS HQ this morning as the league appears to have signed a deal with
NBC for the next few years.
The deal, as I know it right now is, that 43 games will be broadcast on Versus (to be named NBC
Sports soon) with 6 games carried on NBC prime.
More than 60 teams compete in the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League to win a title.
Saturday, those championship dreams were realized by a team from the Pacific Northwest. The Kitsap
SC Pumas, from nearby Seattle, won its first PDL title. The magic happened for them in front of a
national audience watching on Fox Soccer Channel.
As we do every so often, here is a quick look at some of the promotional efforts going on around
Major League Soccer. We'll start in Colorado, where the Rapids are hosting the nationally
televised Friday night game on FSC. For that match, the Rapids are continuing their"Lads Night
Out" promotion that was so popular last year.
By e-mail and by comment we have had some requests to take a look at 2011 television ratings for
Major League Soccer. TV money is the lifeblood of any sports league and MLS is no different.
Before we get into a detailed look at the ratings and what they mean, check this link for the
latest 2011 ratings.
Kickoff from Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium at 1:00PM GMT, 8:00AM EST
Ways to Watch:
Live on ESPNUK in England and FSC in America, as well as on LFCtv online for those with a season
pass.
MyP2P
ATDHE
FromSport
Guangdong:
It's six weeks since the close of the 2010-11 season, and Liverpool's already set to kick off
2011-12 with a preseason visit to Guangzhou to face Guangdong Sunray Cave.
As much as I hate my birthday (and have since I turned 21), I'm actually publicly acknowledging it
this year for some reason. A moment of weakness, most likely.
So, with a lack of content worth scribbling about – at least until tomorrow's first friendly
against Guangzhou (8am on FSC in the US) – I thought I'd post a self-indulgent infographic
showing my age relative to Liverpool's squad from the season before.
We are on the road tonight, so just a quick post on the world of Nielsen. Starting Thursday,
my family joins the ranks of the one week Nielsen Families as we are scheduled to start the process
of logging our television viewing. It will be a big soccer weekend in the house with MLS
featuring on FSC and twice on ESPN2 during the relevant period.
Grant Wahl's tweet of the Gold Cup television numbers has been making the rounds:
Wahl smartly wonders why the game wasn't shown on the main Fox network, and relegated to FSC.
Univision made up the vast majority of those viewing numbers.
In any case, this is further evidence that soccer's American identity is solidly Hispanic, which,
in a perfect world, would make it no less American, but America being America of course it does.
1. Bob Bradley's lineup will look a lot like the one we saw against Panama, with a couple of
exceptions. While it would be ideal to start Clint Dempsey up top, the decision is really between
Juan Agudelo and Sacha Kljestan. Since Sacha had a fairly bad game against Panama, we're going to
say Juan gets the nod.
1. Bob Bradley's lineup will look a lot like the one we saw against Panama, with a couple of
exceptions. While it would be ideal to start Clint Dempsey up top, the decision is really between
Juan Agudelo and Sacha Kljestan. Since Sacha had a fairly bad game against Panama, we're going to
say Juan gets the nod.
Sporting KC has officially announced the rescheduled date of their game against the LA Galaxy. The
game was supposed to take place on August 13th and be broadcasted on FSC. But with the announcement
of Farm Aid coming to LiveSTRONG Sporting Park, KC had to move their game against David Beckham,
Landon Donovan, and the rest of the Galaxy to September 5th.
1. Bob Bradley's lineup will look a lot like the one we saw against Panama, with a
couple of exceptions. While it would be ideal to start Clint Dempsey up
top, the decision is really between Juan Agudelo and Sacha
Kljestan.
1. Bob Bradley's lineup will look a lot like the one we saw against Panama, with a
couple of exceptions. While it would be ideal to start Clint Dempsey up
top, the decision is really between Juan Agudelo and Sacha
Kljestan.
Join MFUSA for a full day of American soccer live blogging. Starting at 3:45 ET, MFUSA US Youth
National Team writer Ben McCormick will host a live blog of the US U17 World Cup team's match
against Uzbekistan (ESPN3, kickoff at 4 ET). *Update* Looks like Ben will be tied up until the 20th
minute or so.
I'm a college student in the United States attending a school in a small town in Pennsylvania.
None of the televisions there have Fox Soccer Channel and there aren't any nearby bars to go to.
ESPN's coverage of the EPL has greatly improved but it still only covers one to two matches a
week.
I'm a college student in the United States attending a school in a small town in Pennsylvania.
None of the televisions there have Fox Soccer Channel and there aren't any nearby bars to go to.
ESPN's coverage of the EPL has greatly improved but it still only covers one to two matches a
week.
Saturday June 18th @ New Meadowlands Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.Costa Rica vs. Honduras, 5 p.m.
ESTMexico vs. Guatemala, 8 p.m. ESTSunday June 19th @ RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.Jamaica vs.
United States, 3 p.m. ESTPanama vs. El Salvador, 6 p.m. ESTAs usual, all games will be on FSC or if
you don't have that channel, try Veetle to watch the game online (usually with a 30-40 sec time
delay off
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By Chris Wright
Guess what? We've nabbed a leaked photo of what is hotly tipped to be Man City's home shirt as
of next season and, from the evidence on show, it seems to be an ever-so-slightly darker shade of
blue than last year's affair...
(Image: FSC)
Hmmm, the jury's still out here.
What do you want from your national team?
Wins, sure. But you both want more than just wins...and less. You want your team to play
beautifully, of course, while winning.
But every fan of every team wants that. I think national team fans want their team to represent
them, more than a mere club does.
Saturday The USA - Panama game is on Fox Soccer Channel and TeleFutura at 8pm. Galavision has
Canada - Guadeloupe at 6pm. MLS on FSC: Seattle - Vancouver at 10:30pm and the same time for
Portland - Colorado on Galavision. All Times Eastern Sunday Gold Cup on Galavision: El Salvador -
Cuba at 6pm and Mexico - Costa Rica on Univision at 8pm.
FSC HD Comes to Washington
Finally when the FSC announcer crows about how awesome it is in HD, it might actually be in HD.
For some people in Washington, anyway. It's on channel 618. My Tivo hasn't picked it up yet in
Seattle, but I think it just hasn't updated its lineup yet.
Jack Bell of the New York Times reported last Thursday that Fox has finally reached an agreement
with Comcast to broadcast Fox Soccer Channel in High Definition.
In an interview with Fox Soccer's General Manager David Nathanson, he stated that his channel
had reached an agreement with Comcast, the largest cable provider in the US.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE VIEWING
Please join IMS for the 2011 Champions League Final
This 19th final will feature Barcelona v Manchester
United from the Wembley Stadium in London, England.
